‘Gentle’ U.S. Racehorse Rescued from Slaughterhouse in South Korea by PETA: ‘Now She Grazes Freely’

My elusive dream, a thoroughbred racehorse, is now living his dream life — all thanks to PETA!

An animal rights nonprofit recently announced that they rescued the animal when it was moments away from entering South Korea’s largest horse slaughterhouse.

My Elusive Dream, who raced on America’s top racetracks and is a daughter of the 2002 leading North American stallion El Prado, was “forced to breed” after her racing career and welcomed five foals in the United States, before welcoming three more descendants in South Korea, where it was sold for 7,500 dollars.

As she was recently about to be sent to the “largest” slaughterhouse in the country, according to PETA, activists saved her by “staking” the road to the site.

PETA said that after its members “bravely intercepted” the vehicle carrying My Elusive Dream, they were able to convince the driver to let her go.

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My Elusive Dream is now in a “safe, temporary sanctuary” in South Korea, according to PETA.

There, he “receives food, tenderness and veterinary care in the sanctuary, where he rolls in the grass and runs around with other horses,” the organization said.

My Elusive Dream will be released back to the United States “soon,” according to PETA, where he will live out the rest of his days in Adena Springs, Florida.

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“This gentle horse was shipped overseas and used as a breeding machine until it was sold to a meat buyer, but PETA investigators intervened in time,” PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo said in a statement.

“Now he grazes freely, socializes with other horses and runs whenever he wants, not at the sound of the starting bell,” she added to My Elusive Dream.

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